by Carlos Ruiz Zafón · Planeta Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408079545
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«La Sombra del Viento» is the mystery novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, published by Planeta Publishing in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
In postwar Barcelona, Daniel Sempere discovers the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, where he finds La Sombra del Viento, a unique copy by the writer Julián Carax. As he investigates its origin, Daniel learns that someone has burned all of Carax's other books and becomes caught in a labyrinth of secrets.
First installment of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books saga. The series continues with The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven, and The Labyrinth of the Spirits.
Recommended for readers of mystery and historical fiction aged 16 and up, and for those seeking stories about books and atmospheric cities.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento. The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in a list of the 100 best books in Spanish of the last 25 years, made in 2007 by 81 Spanish and Hispanic American writers and critics.
